Step 12: Sew it into a Ring

Step 13: Yum!

Eat another pint of ice cream.

I eat ice cream straight from the pint but I don't like how cold my fingers get. Wrapping my pint in a cloth napkin worked for a little while but I thought I deserved something better. Now you can sew a fabric sleeve for yourself. It'll keep your fingers from freezing off while you eat!

In this instructable you will design a pattern and sew one cozy. The pattern can be reused because pints of ice cream are pretty much standardized.

These instructions would also work for making a cozy for to-go coffee cups. Just use a cardboard coffee cup instead of a pint of ice cream to make the pattern. You can use your own fabric cozy and skip the cardboard sleeves at the coffee shop - save the trees!

Step 1: Materials List

Step 2: Making the Pattern

Eat a pint of ice cream. Wash out the pint.

Step 3: Trace the Cozy

Trace the outline of your cozy around the pint.

Leave some room at the top and bottom. You don't want it right to the top because it'll get ice cream on it every time you eat and you don't want it right to the bottom because if you sew it too tightly, the cozy won't slip all the way onto the pint.

Step 4: Measure

Measure how much of the cardboard overlaps at the seam and write it down.

Step 5: Tear it Apart

Carefully pull the pint apart along the seam where it is glued together. Toss out the cardboard base (the circle at the bottom of the pint).

I have not experienced that. It insulates the ice cream against the warmth of your hands as well as insulating your hands against the cold from the pint. Your hands stay warm and the ice cream stays cold.